[LINK] Some Monday links

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• Crooked Timber's Henry Farrell is skeptical of Josh Marshall's new journalism site featuring paid advertisements from Big Pharma.


• The Dragon's Tales' Will Baird provides another update about Ukrainian events.


• Joe. My. God. notes that World Vision Canada, unlike its American counterpart, is legally required not to discriminate against non-heterosexuals.


• Language Hat links to a study on the formerly Russophone Alaskan community of Ninilchik.


• Language Log suggests that handwriting is a dying art in East Asia, too.


• Marginal Revolution links to a book on maritime conflicts in the South China Sea.


• The Signal features a guest post from two librarians working for the Library of Congress explaining how they do their work.


• Savage Minds explains the myth of the sexy librarian.


• Torontoist has two photos memorializing recently-closed stores, one from the World's Biggest Bookstore and the other from Sears in the Eaton Centre.